บท 164: Chapter 163: Conquering Four Halls!
A sharp scream echoed, shaking the entire Soul Hall.
The piercing cry caused the grand hall to be lifted halfway, illuminating the surroundings with daylight. The passage to the outside world and the hall's ceiling were torn off by someone, brightening the vision of the Soul Hall elders and many protectors.
"How dare you invade my Soul Hall!"
A sinister shout filled the air, accompanied by dense black mist. The mist exuded a ghastly wailing sound and shot out eerie glances towards Jiang Yun, who stood in the distant sky.
"Who are you? Do you know the consequences of trespassing into my Soul Hall?"
Four elders of the Soul Hall surrounded Jiang Yun. One of the purple-robed elders glared at Jiang Yun angrily, with immense pressure emanating from above, causing sand and stones to fly in the valley and making the faces of several Soul Hall protectors change dramatically.
"Foolish being, how dare you cause trouble in my Soul Hall?"
"I am, naturally, here to destroy you." Jiang Yun's calm chuckle came from beneath his black robe, completely ignoring the presence of Dou Zun and Dou Zong around him.
"How audacious! Are you seeking death by causing mayhem here?"
Jiang Yun's words instantly ignited the collective wrath!
In the next moment, a shadow darted out. A massive pitch-black chain, stretching hundreds of meters like a poisonous dragon, tore through the void, rushing towards Jiang Yun.
"You Soul Hall people have no skill, but you're quite boastful!" Jiang Yun's indifferent gaze met the approaching chain. He flicked his wrist, and the giant chain recoiled violently, crashing into the grand hall.
An overwhelming battle energy surged out from Jiang Yun, causing the heavens and the earth to lose color.
"Nine-star Dou Zun!!!"
Feeling Jiang Yun's strength, the Soul Hall members exclaimed in shock. Their strongest was only a five-star Dou Zun, completely no match for a nine-star Dou Zun.
"Damn it!"
"All elders, form the Ten Thousand Soul Devouring Spirit Array!"
In an instant, a dense black mist filled the sky. Under the command of the four Dou Zuns, a grand array was formed, the mist spreading out like a canopy, attempting to pull Jiang Yun into a sinister ghost realm.
"Wu!"
Ghostly wails and wolf howls resonated from the thick mist, causing everyone to feel irritated and dizzy.
"Clatter!"
Giant black chains, as large as pythons, flew out of the mist, causing the void to tremble and twist, leaving behind dark fissures.
"Petty tricks!" Jiang Yun's calm gaze met the attacks around him, his eyes deep.
"Great Sorrow Hand!"
"Boom!" The surrounding heavenly energy shook like a volcanic eruption.
As Jiang Yun's hand fell, the entire sky seemed to freeze, a devastating explosive aura emanating from his palm, sweeping out like a hurricane!
"Boom!"
The ground below suddenly exploded, magma erupted, and a massive magma hand, stretching for kilometers, broke through, bringing alarming heat as it appeared above the Soul Hall members and struck down.
With that strike, all life around was extinguished instantly; the void split open, creating a space crack stretching for kilometers.
"Heaven-tier battle technique!"
Feeling the terrifying power of Jiang Yun's battle technique, the elders of the Soul Hall widened their eyes, screaming in horror.
"Soul-Devouring Hundred Pythons Strike!!!"
Sensing the terrifying crisis from the magma hand, the Soul Hall elders urgently retaliated with all their might. Dense black mist surged out, causing violent waves.
In intense wriggling, it transformed into several hundred-meter-long black pythons, hissing towards the sky, their huge tails sweeping through the void, meeting the giant palm with unmatched momentum.
"Boom!"
As the two sides collided, an unprecedented force surged like meteors crashing, a destructive power shooting into the sky, sweeping out like a storm, instantly erasing the mountain that housed the black-hued grand hall.
The entire mountain range shook like an earthquake, huge cracks spreading from the valley in all directions. Amidst the shaking, the grand hall became precarious, scaring the numerous powerful members of the Soul Hall into fleeing in terror.
Despairingly, the Soul Hall members watched as the magma hand, unaffected by their attack, continued its sweep towards them. Their attacks, under terrified gazes, rapidly disintegrated upon meeting the hand's might, melting away like ice against a flame.
The hand's aura didn't wane, sweeping towards them.
"This guy is too strong, retreat!"
Feeling the terrifying power of the heaven-tier battle technique, witnessing their futile attacks crumble, the Soul Hall elders scattered, retreating rapidly.
With the Dou Zuns fleeing, the protectors and Dou Zongs of Soul Hall were even more frightened, turning tail like dogs, escaping in all directions.
"Trying to escape?"
Seeing this, Jiang Yun sneered, his gaze coldly watching the fleeing figures. He extended his hand and clenched it towards their escape direction.
"Boom!"
Space collapsed, a terrifying suction halting their forms. In that moment of pause, the magma hand quickly caught up, descending upon them with despair in their eyes.
"No—"
"Boom—"
The storm raged, destructive waves rippling out. The once solid black grand hall vanished, and the powerful Soul Hall members turned into pure soul essence upon contact with the waves, fading away with a soft puff.
Afterwards, Jiang Yun struck down into the underground depth.
The ruins of the below Soul Hall branch exploded, towering stone pillars rising, causing countless debris to fly. The ruins split, creating a huge pit, and within its depth floated a light cluster about half a foot in size.
"This is soul essence, must be at least a hundred thousand strong!"
Gazing at the transparent light cluster, Jiang Yun sensed an extremely pure aura, devoid of any impurities.
The soul is the root of all beings; all things possess a soul, and within the soul lies a wisp of soul essence, the foundation for a soul's birth – the purest energy in the world.
This mystical energy, when refined, could enhance the quality and depth of one's soul, aiding in the breakthrough of soul realms. It's challenging to elevate one's soul realm, but once achieved, breaking through cultivation realms becomes easier.
For Void Swallowing Flame, as a fire spirit, soul cultivation is several times harder. It's said that the Soul Clan expended countless soul essences to elevate its soul realm to the emperor level.
An astronomical number indeed!
Watching the soul essence cluster, Jiang Yun struck with an energy burst, shattering the chains binding the soul essence, and absorbed it into his body.
As soon as the soul essence entered his body, the Holy Demon Flame swarmed around it, enveloping it.
After securing the soul essence, Jiang Yun ascended above the mountain, looking at the ruins below before turning to step into the pitch-black spatial rift behind him.
With Jiang Yun's departure, the space blockade lifted, leaving the place deathly silent, resembling a land of doom. The Soul Hall would take some time to notice something amiss here.
The next day.
In Sacred Pill City, at Jiang Yun's residence, he calmly tended to the herbs before him, as usual.
Last night, he had swept through the Soul Hall branches in all directions across the Central Plains. With Zhufeng, the ancient Taixu Dragon, the vast Central Plains posed no obstacle in his eyes.
"Jiang Yun!"
At this moment, an ethereal voice approached. In the next moment, a waft of fragrance came, and a petite figure in white stood gracefully behind him.
"Is something the matter?" Kneeling, Jiang Yun glanced at the growing purple bamboos and asked softly.
"The Valley Master of Burning Flame Valley, Tang Zhen, requests an audience," Little Doctor Immortal softly announced.
"Tang Zhen?" Jiang Yun paused, an odd glimmer in his eyes as he muttered.
"Don't want to see him? I'll take care of it," misunderstanding Jiang Yun's different tone, Little Doctor Immortal turned to refuse Tang Zhen.
"No need, let's meet him. Burning Flame Valley has considerable strength," Jiang Yun stopped her, shaking his head.
Entering the hall, Jiang Yun saw a slightly thin, red-haired elder in coarse clothing sitting there.
Beside him stood a woman in red.
The woman wore tight clothes, a dark red whip circling her slender waist, emphasizing her figure. Her face was exceptionally beautiful, with a heroic spirit between her brows, and a fiery, dashing allure in her outfit.
Seeing Jiang Yun, Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er displayed shock. Despite hearing about Jiang Yun's extraordinary talent at a young age, renowned as the Central Plains' top genius, seeing him in person, they were in awe of his youth.
Glancing at Tang Huo'er, Tang Zhen even wondered if Jiang Yun was younger than her.
Coming to his senses, Tang Zhen quickly greeted, "Tang Zhen greets Master Jiang Yun. The fame does not do justice, Master Jiang Yun is indeed exceptionally talented, renowned across the Central Plains at such a young age!"
Jiang Yun politely raised his hand, "Valley Master Tang, you're too kind. One must know there are always people better than oneself. Jiang Yun's little achievement is nothing significant!"
Tang Zhen nodded, surprised by Jiang Yun's humble attitude. Such achievements, yet humble and polite, it's no wonder he reached heights many couldn't in a lifetime at such a young age.
Tang Huo'er's beautiful eyes roved over Jiang Yun, curious to see if he possessed three heads and six arms to achieve so much at his age.
Her prowess made her the top talent in this generation of Burning Flame Valley, claiming to be a top-level existence in Central Plains. Yet, she was still at Dou Huang while he had reached Dou Zun, and was an eight-grade alchemist at that.
Now, even her father, Tang Zhen, the Valley Master, treated him respectfully.
The gap between her and Jiang Yun was vast, like two different worlds.
"What brings Valley Master Tang here?" Jiang Yun asked straightforwardly, sitting in the main seat with Little Doctor Immortal, ignoring their probing gazes.
"Master Jiang, I'd like your help in refining a high-grade seven-tier pill." Jiang Yun's directness surprised Tang Zhen.
After speaking, he nervously watched Jiang Yun, afraid of rejection.
"A high-grade seven-tier pill? I can easily refine it, but," Jiang Yun nodded, curious, "With Burning Flame Valley's resources, it shouldn't be hard to request a seven-tier alchemist from the Pill Tower, right?"
"Sigh—" Tang Zhen sighed, explaining, "We invited several seven-tier alchemists, but all failed. This pill is vital to me, but the ingredients are hard to gather. To ensure success, I wanted an eight-tier alchemist, but..."
He didn't need to finish for Jiang Yun to understand. Most eight-tier alchemists in Pill Tower were recluses deep in their craft, and Tang Zhen likely couldn't afford a price that would tempt them.
"I can refine the pill, but I want the Nine Dragons Thunder Flame…" Jiang Yun's calm voice made it seem like he was discussing an inconsequential matter.
"What?!" Tang Zhen's face changed dramatically, hands pressing firmly on the armrest as an immense and overwhelming aura filled the hall.
"Humph!" Little Doctor Immortal stepped in front of Jiang Yun, her gaze coldly locking onto Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er, a slight killing intent in her eyes.
"Valley Master Tang had better restrain himself!" Jiang Yun's calm expression remained, his slight smile making Tang Zhen feel a chill. Intuition told him if he didn't restrain himself, he might not leave this hall.
"Apologies, Master Jiang!" Tang Zhen apologized, but his tone was stiff, "Master Jiang, the Nine Dragons Thunder Flame is Burning Flame Valley's heritage flame, marked only for the valley. Even if you obtain it, it can't be refined!"
"Besides, the Nine Dragons Thunder Flame isn't Tang Zhen's sole decision. However, I have obtained the Mountain Shaker Cauldron, ranked on the Heaven Cauldron List, as compensation for your effort." His tone softened as he glanced at Tang Huo'er beside him.
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